As individuals, I think that we should perhaps be inviting people in as viewers of content rather than pushing with the creator aspect to begin with. This way, they can get in and enjoy the content, get accustomed to the ecosystem and culture and then, if they want, start posting. Of course, they might want to post straight away also, but that is up to them. Most people who use YouTube have never posted a video - yet still use it often.
So much this.
For years now, I've had the same piece of advice for newcomers.
Find good content, make insightful comments; don't post until you have at least 200 followers.
Trying to build a following by posting is like doing excellent stand-up comedy in your front yard.
I like how you've taken it one step further. No need to post, just come for the info and slowly build stake with curation rewards. One could make the argument that there isn't enough non-Hive content -
- cough * @holoz0r
to make it worth visiting, but it's the chicken-egg thing, isn't it?
We need to remember that our comments, our upvotes, our engagement is what keeps the creators creating.
This is one of many reasons I post so sparingly. If in the 2 hours I would've spent writing the post, I can encourage and engage with 10 different authors, that's much better for my investment in the long run.
Definitely not enough non-Hive content... that gets rewarded equitably.
Insert rambling about when someone sees a reward that's 100 but its about Hive, but sees a reward that's at 20 that is not about Hive, but is a compelling, heart wrenching story of someone's life, or journalism that twists the paradigm of the world... it creates an echo chamber with a dash of confirmation bias that makes people think, if they write about HIve, they can see a reward of 100 too.
My new neighbours think I am hilarious- but they don't speak much English.
And the replies and comments on the comments help people keep engaging too. I like it when people are replying to the comments on my own posts. It happens more on the "general" accounts than the "private" accounts, but it is nice to see relationships build between consumers.